If Park Bank is liable for not spotting Sujata "Sue" Sachdeva's $34 million embezzlement from Koss Corp. and has to reimburse the company, Koss Chief Executive Michael Koss should also be ordered to personally pay the public company he runs, the bank argues in a new lawsuit.

Grant Thornton, Koss Corp.'s former auditor, should also have to pay a portion of any award that may be ordered, Park Bank argued in the latest twist in a long-running court fight stemming from Sachdeva's massive embezzlement.

"Park Bank denies any and all liability to Koss in this case," the bank said in its action. "Nevertheless, should Park Bank be found liable to Koss (Corp.) and required to pay damages to Koss, in this case, those damages will have been the result of a common liability of Park Bank, Michael Koss and Grant Thornton, thereby entitling Park Bank to (a) contribution from Michael Koss and Grant Thornton."(10)

OWI charge re-filed v. former Michigan State Police commander

The Michigan State Police commander from the Upper Peninsula whose drunken driving case was dismissed after questionable investigative missteps will have to face the charges after all.

Lt. William H. Smith, commander of the MSP's Gladstone post, was arrested in early July near Sault Ste. Marie after a one-car crash in his personal vehicle. Smith, 43, was suspended with pay, then demoted and transferred to lower Michigan.

In August, a judge dismissed the charges because a blood test was conducted on the basis of search warrant signed by a former magistrate weeks after she'd been relieved of her duties over mental health concerns.

Because Smith had worked for years in Chippewa County, the case was assigned to a downstate prosecutor and a judge from Alger County in the U.P.

This time, the Alger County prosecuting attorney has refiled the charges, the Escanaba Daily Press reported. Presumably, the state will have to proceed without the blood test results.

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